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Use the stable GUI to downgrade to stable firmware:
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Just noticed that the delete/backspace thing was raised in November 2011! Come on guys, great product but surely £25 each should mean you have some time for small improvements like that?
Correct.
We were focusing on improving a firmware issue, this then was going to require a new Flirc GUI which was meant to out relatively quickly but other issues came up.
Basically we should have released a bug fix but got caught up in other flirc work.
Should also mention that this isn't mine or Jason's full time job: http://www.flirc.tv/fundraising/
We will get it sorted. Is your Flirc ok otherwise?
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Not yet - the reason the new firmware hasn't gone stable yet is because of this issue - Jason is working on it but as it's an issue that he can't easily re-create, it's taking additional time (and we have full time jobs).
Jason is working on it though.
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Running an old PC of mine for now while I wait for Utilite to launch. The thing just seems like a beefed up Pi, so porting over should be simple enough for those with the know-how
Dare I say it the Chromecast looks really good... shame I can't get XBMC on it
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I took the route of manually configuring FLIRC with a Harmony 650. I also added 20 extra keys through the IR learning feature. I programmed the Harmony 650 with the Panasonic TV profile and used a second learning remote to "learn" the numbers 1-10. Then I turned around and had the Harmony "learn" the IR codes for the same 10 buttons extending the FLIRC profile. I did this again with the Samsung TV profile so I had 20 additional buttons I could use.
I mapped the 10 buttons to ALT-F1 through F10 and CTRL-F1 through F10 in FLIRC.
With the new firmware you SHOULD be able to assign one of these buton presses to the WAKE key. If you suspend XBMC you should be able to wake it using this button press.
Taking another one of these new buttons, I set it up to suspend XBMC and made the modification to the keymap.xml file.
Here is the relevant section in the <global> block
<global>
<keyboard>
<f7 mod="ctrl">Suspend</f7>
<f8 mod="ctrl">Reboot</f8>
<f9 mod="ctrl">Powerdown</f9>
<f10 mod="ctrl">ShutDown</f10>
<f4 mod="ctrl">reloadkeymaps</f4>
<k mod="ctrl">reloadkeymaps</k>
</keyboard>
</global>
Then in the Harmony software for the device, you can setup the power control for the device so that power on presses your wake key and power off presses CTRL-F7. That should get power on and off working in XBMC.
Great post. (I'll probably link to it)
I guess this is the work around for people who need it.
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Let me add to the above post that I am using the latest V1.0.0 RC2 firmware and I understand that is is not considered a stable release and that the Harmony profile is not considered fully functional so if there is not work around at this time that is fine.
We'll be improving the harmony support (it's something I really want too!) - we have contacts at harmony (who seems very nice). We'll get there - thanks for the patience :)
Glad you're enjoying your Flirc!
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Not as yet - I think he's working on getting the current Release candidates out - there was a rare bug that he couldn't replicate so it's taking a lot longer than anticipated.
Don't worry though, i've added it to the bug tracker (not available to view publically at the moment unforunately)
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This isn't good is it - very sorry. Something seem to be wrong on the Flirc.
On the windows computer that you're getting a connection to the Flirc with can you try re-uploading the stable firmware (version 1.0): http://blog.flirc.tv/library-version-history/
Then clear the configuration using the Flirc gui (file --> clear configuration)
Does Flirc work after this?
Sent a support request early last week, haven't heard back.
Jason deals with these.
Don't worry, sometimes we're a little busy (as Flirc is not something we take a salary from) but we will make sure we get you set up with a happy working Flirc.
Thanks Mr Fish
(Awesome name!)
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Weird.
Those Vendor ID's don't match Flirc's one.
Are you connecting through a hub?
Is this with the flirc software running?
After a while I get those symptoms a bit on my mac but from the flirc software - not the Flirc itself.
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I agree - really useful for kids, but i'm not sure of an easy way to have an obvious universal way of doing to please everyone.
I like the look of your way for people who need it - if you felt like doing a guide it might help someone - no pressure though :).
Glad you like it!
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Thanks joek - awesome info, added info to the sticky
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That is nice. My XBMC box broke so i'll just oggle this set up then buy a cheap android box and regret it!
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Does it matter that I'm running XBMCbuntu?
No. Should work on any platform
You never answered my question about the setting for the Harmony. Do I need to have the Harmony set in a particular way? As I mentioned before, I added it as "Media Center PC 2" so that's what I had it set to when trying to control the Flirc, but it doesn't respond.
Kind of why I referred you back to the post as it says you need to use Flirc's harmony profile.
Did Flirc previously work?
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Gah! Just lost a massive response i'd just typed.
Will get to this when I get back from work (~8 hours)
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I'm a bit puzzled.
I've wrote the steps required to do this in the post you've linked to.
Have I made a mistake?
You've followed the steps?:
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You guys have an amazing product here :)
That's why i'm around here still - love Jason's product and Flirc business!
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Like XBMC there is no keymap there by default - if you want to change keyboard shortcuts then you can put a keyboard xml there. Problem is knowing what plex use.
Really wouldn't mind finding a github of default xml for the keymap.
I get confused when I look around Elan's github - found a kind of keyboard thing: https://github.com/elan/plex/blob/laika/keymapping.txt but I don't think that's what we're looking for
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Agreed. They've not been particularly helpful in the posts i've seen - which is a shame:
Random thread:
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/70860-plex-keyboard-shortcuts-on-osx/
Thread I made on the plex forums:
http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/74334-default-keymaps-for-keyboard/
As plex shares stuff with XBMC I tried looking in the application support on mac where the keymaps for XBMC would be usually but there was nothing :(
Not sure how to proceed.
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What am I missing or doing wrong?
It's pre-programmed. You don't have to assign the keys using the flirc gui - only upload the beta firmware.
Is it not working?
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That's for setup, i'm asking for use.
Flirc is program once, use anywhere.
Eventghost is windows only software - it doesn't install anything on Flirc. You'll need a windows computer to use it.
For more info: http://www.eventghost.org/
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If you use the new firmware but use the TV profile instead () that way you can assign a wake button and custom keys.
But you lose the great response time of our specially tweaked profile.
Unfortunately as both me and Jason have full time jobs development is slow (not that I do any development) - it will get sorted though :)
Happy Flirc-ing
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At the moment everything in the xbmc preset in the flirc GUI and some more (I counted 52 buttons in total).
I gave the profile a try a long time ago and been using it without wake etc - though forum posts lead me to believe that buttons can't be remapped to wake. You could try this if you like.
I was talking to Jason about getting custom buttons added which he approved of
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Using the flirc XBMC beta profile, am i supposed to run the flirc software and configure it to use XBMC
No. It's already synced up. You just need the software to upgrade the firmware (which it should do automatically on first run)
Really I'm just doing this so I can send the machine to sleep and wake like all my other devices.
Not sure the Flirc harmony profile has custom keys in it yet... we're working on that - hence why it's still in beta.
How to use EventGhost and Flirc for maximum XMBC awesomeness.
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I think the OP has used on/off but really means awake/sleep.
Depending on computer specs you can wake up a computer using flirc